Atrial Tachycardia Associated With a Tachycardia-Induced Cardiomyopathy in a Patient With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.
ablation
atrial tachycardia
systemic lupus erythematosus
Journal
Cureus
ISSN: 2168-8184
Titre abrégé: Cureus
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101596737
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
22 Nov 2020
22 Nov 2020
Historique:
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2020
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2020
medline:
31
12
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease that involves multiple organ systems. Cardiovascular involvement in SLE is well described in the literature. Cardiac arrhythmias associated with SLE include sinus tachycardia, atrial fibrillation, and atrial ectopy or atrial tachycardia. In this report, we present the case of a patient with SLE who was found to have focal atrial tachycardia that mimicked sinus tachycardia on a 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG). She was inappropriately treated as a case of sinus tachycardia initially. But she did not respond to the treatment and developed tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy despite being on antiarrhythmic medications. She subsequently underwent successful radiofrequency catheter ablation and her left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) recovered within three months after the ablation.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33376640
doi: 10.7759/cureus.11626
pmc: PMC7755648
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
e11626Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2020, Subhani et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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